Help please! Injured guinea hen feet

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Good evening, I’m the actual owner and a very good friend’s daughter posted this for me as I was having issues with my darling. I want to thank each and everyone of you for your feedback many many thanks. I can tell you that the folks that took care of them, I have grave concerns about Their care for these birds the cared for them over the winter because I did not have my winter cube set up

My guess at this point is the female was placed in strict captivity for her eggs and did not have a place to get her feet up on a perch and cover them with her feathers

The other thing that is coming to my attention is that the guinea when I got her back, I have a mating pair of male and a female and I got them back. She laid literally one egg and then has not laid an egg for two months she’s being fed 26% protein diet has access to oyster shells. I’m going to add carrots, sweet potatoes and cabbage to her diet as well. Are there any other thoughts out there please? For everyone who has responded once again I greatly appreciate your caring concerning your answers. Have a very blessed day.

Guineas are seasonal layers. Each year as they age, they start laying later and stop laying earlier.

If they are provided supplemental light, it can throw off their laying schedule but they are not going to lay year round.

I would get a 20% protein all flock for her. She does not need the 26% protein. I would not add the carrots, sweet potatoes or cabbage.

Guineas that are introduced to new foods later in life that they are not familiar with will often not accept the new foods.

A quality all flock feed will have everything your guinea needs except that you will still need to provide free choice oyster shell when she is laying.